Joseph, Iginla reach milestones as Flames top Coyotes

GLENDALE, Arizona (Ticker) -- Curtis Joseph reached another
milestone Saturday in Glendale, but this time, it was against
the Phoenix Coyotes.

Joseph made 16 saves for his 448th career victory, moving him
into fourth place on the all-time list, as the Calgary Flames
beat the Coyotes, 3-1.

Captain Jarome Iginla also accomplished an impressive feat,
tying Theoren Fleury for the franchise's all-time lead in goals
at 364. He scored two tallies and set up another in this one.

"It's a cool feeling," Iginla said. "I've been extremely
blessed to play in Calgary and play with some great players.
It's a thrill."

Defenseman Rhett Warrener added his first goal of the season for
the Flames (34-23-9), who pulled even with the idle Minnesota
Wild (36-24-5) for the Northwest Division lead.

Captain Shane Doan scored his 20th for the Coyotes (33-28-5),
who fell three points out of the eighth and final playoff spot
in the Western Conference.

"We have to be a little hungrier, and overall, we have to be a
little harder to play against," Doan said.

Joseph, signed as a free agent by Calgary on January 16, won 50
games in two seasons with the Coyotes to move from 10th place on
the all-time list to fifth.

"At this point in my career, I'm really enjoying it," Joseph
said. "I'm enjoying every day, the camaraderie and everything
about the NHL. This is the greatest job in the world, so why
not savor it?"

Joseph rarely was tested by his former team, facing just 11
shots over the first two periods. In the second, Phoenix went
more than 11 minutes without recording a shot on goal.

"We seemed to come into the game by just standing around,
waiting to see what the opposition was going to do," Phoenix
coach Wayne Gretzky said. "We started the game on our heels.
Work ethic and effort weren't there in the first 10 minutes of
the hockey game, and you're not going to win against a team like
that."

Warrener gave the Flames a 1-0 lead just 83 seconds into the
game, when he one-timed a pass from Kristian Huselius past
goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov from the left point.

Iginla made it 2-0 with a power-play goal at 5:46 of the first
on a quick wrist shot from the right faceoff circle.

Iginla added another tally with 8:41 left in the contest, his
40th goal of the season, to give Calgary a 3-1 advantage.

"That was a big goal," Flames coach Mike Keenan said. "We were
getting chances, but we couldn't get it behind their
goaltender."

Doan had pulled Phoenix within 2-1 with 7:58 remaining in the
second following a lazy clearing attempt by Joseph. Martin
Hanzal was the first to reach the puck along the boards behind
the net and chipped the puck to Doan, who skated along the end
line and scored on a wrist shot.

But Doan's goal was in doubt because of a play that had taken
place more than a minute earlier, when Bryzgalov badly misplayed
the puck. The Russian netminder dropped to the ice to stop a
bouncing puck, only to see it slide right between his pads.

Jovanovski cleared the puck away from the goal line, but the
play prompted a video review at the next whistle, which was
blown after Doan's goal.

After a three-minute delay, replay officials ruled the puck did
not cross the goal line completely, allowing Doan's goal to
stand in the process and giving the Coyotes' right wing his
eighth straight 20-goal season.

"Certain angles show there was daylight, so I'm not sure how
(the referee) interpreted that one," Keenan said.